Need cloud computing? Get started now

Dark background with blue code overlay

The Developer Champion Program

The Akamai Developer Champions Program

As developers, you're fundamental to ensuring that your company gets what they need from the tools available. Our goal in creating this program is to help you find the right resources, techniques, and people to answer your questions. We're lucky to have so many Akamai experts who have gone the extra mile to help the developer community. We’ll be highlighting new resources and tools from our Developer Champions on this page.

Developer Champions are Akamai experts who have made it their mission to assist developers and surface their concerns and needs. Our program focuses on advancing Akamai developers in areas such as customer adoption, enablement, coding and testing of tools, assisting peers, and creating code examples and tutorials.

Meet the Champions

The Developer Champions program currently has 66 members. Meet some of our Champions below.

Who Are Akamai’s Developer Champions?

Developer Champions are Akamai experts who have made it their mission to find and surface challenges and help developers find solutions. Our champions have a wide range of expertise, including application security, edge computing, and DevOps.

Developer Champions Q3 2022

Akamai Developer Champion: Build. Secure. Optimize.

What Makes a Great Developer Champion?

Champions are selected by the Developer Advocacy team on the basis of their dedication to supporting developers. Here’s what we look for:

  • Having Akamai product expertise
  • Providing excellent assistance to the developer community
  • Contributing to GitHub 
  • Creating content that helps developers get started, simplify their work, or find solutions or workarounds

History of the Program

Let’s go back to the beginning of the program. How did it all get started? The Developer Champion program was founded in 2020 by the Developer Advocacy team. Our goal is to share knowledge about our developer toolbox, how to implement tools to create better sites and apps, and where to find updated documentation and content.

In true Akamai spirit, the program combines experts across a multitude of disciplines such as customer service, engineering, product, developer experience, and more. The program is run by the Developer Advocacy team and helps connect teams together.

World map outlined with white border on a black background

Connect with a Developer Champion

Connect with Developer Champions on Twitter